Dr Steve Barlow, FIML, CMI, is the founder and principal of The Change Gym®, based on the Gold Coast, Australia. A recognised authority on change readiness, adaptive capacity, and organisational resilience, Steve is the architect behind The Change Quadrant®, the Readiness Engine™, and the RCC ecosystem — a suite of frameworks that redefine readiness as system architecture rather than project preparation.

With a career spanning healthcare, government, and complex service environments, Steve helps organisations strengthen the structural, strategic, psychological, and behavioural conditions that allow systems to adapt under pressure and thrive in complexity.

Before entering consulting, Steve taught conflict resolution and anger management in a maximum‑security prison, and later lectured in postgraduate courses on Leading and Managing Change at the University of Tasmania’s School of Medicine. He has authored or co‑authored 10 books on organisational change and created the Activation Pathway programs delivered through The Change Gym®.

Holding degrees from the Australian Catholic University, Macquarie University, and the University of Sydney, Steve received an Outstanding Thesis Award for his PhD research on change readiness. His work continues to bridge academic rigour with practical system‑level frameworks that equip leaders and teams to build enduring adaptive capability.